Good move by Homer. It's good to have some veterans on a young team, and with Pronger probably gone, it's nice to add another experienced player to go along with Timonen. Also, Carle want to stay in Philly, so we could possibly get a hometown discount, though I still think that we should sign Suter. With the probable cap raise, Homer will probably add another big piece before the season starts.

With free agency coming up very soon, what do you think that the Flyers are going to do? Of course we want to sign Suter, but we can't forget about Oliver Lauridsen. I think that he has the potential to do big things in the NHL.

I think the only question is does the team trade JVR and for who. I also think we have seen the last of Bob in O&W.

The big rumors right now are:

JVR, Bob, plus our 1st for Nash.

I like this one cause as much as I love JVR, Nash can help this team now. Imagine Hartnell-Giroux-Nash on the top line. Bob needs to go ($1.75 million is too much for a back-up).

But I really like this one more...

JVR and Bob for Luke Schenn and David Steckel (which seems to be resurfacing again)

or just recentlyJVR and Philly's 1st (20) for Schenn and Toronto's 1st (5) (which I think is unlikely)

I like Luke Schenn. He's big and plays with a mean streak. He makes mistakes but he is also young.

Kimmo-Coburn
Carle-Grossmann
Schenn-Mez

That's a pretty deep defensive unit, When Kimmo goes off books next season we have $6.3 million to sign a premier DMan in FA.

All this said....

I am beginning to really think Briere needs to go despite his postseason success. He is small and poor at defense. He does not seem to fit the direction of the team moving forward with big, 2-way, physical top line forwards (schenn, couturier, voracek, hartnell, jvr, simmonds, etc). His $6.5 million could go a long way to sure up the defense. JMO.

Posted by sirawesome98 on 6/15/2012 8:22:00 PM (view original):Wishful thinking on your part, but I don't think that we're gonna get Nash. We screwed Columbus over with the Carter trade last year and I don't think that they wanna do that again.

naw. I'm just relaying the rumors. I do like a schenn deal... but we don't need it if we resign Carle which seems to be going well.